Evers’ risky move

We are fighting our way back to Evers. Blowing mud, hitting stumps, bouncing off stuff. I have no idea how he got his big boat thru this stuff.   I...

A curse and a blessing

The long drought period that has plagued Decatur Lake is proving to be both a blessing and a curse to Edwin Evers this morning. He has decided to fish the...

Swindle’s “poop-pipe pattern”

It seems we've been here before. At last year's All-Star event on the Alabama River, Gerald Swindle established what he called "the poop-pipe pattern" – fishing near a wastewater treatment...

Swindle makes a quick getaway

It doesn't take long to get anywhere on Lake Decatur, which has only 3,000 surface acres. Gerald Swindle ran up the lake  from the Nelson Park launch site and stopped...

Evers seeks shallow bar

I've followed Evers to the extreme northern end of Lake Decatur. We are idling now, and it appears as if we have another mile or so of idling to go....

Fishing fanatics

I'm sitting in the water watching the early morning festivities. There are four boats snugged together with four anglers bundled up and itching to go. On the bank are hundreds...

Martens making a move

Aaron Martens may be finally figuring out a pattern for success on Lake Shelbyville. He moved across the lake from today's launch site about 11 a.m., then quickly caught a...

The ever-quotable Swindle checks in

It's as certain as the sun rising in the morning: Ask Gerald Swindle a question and you'll get a memorable answer.   As we were leaving Ott DeFoe in the...

DeFoe defying the Zona jinx

Even in a season as good as Ott DeFoe's had, he may have just put on the most impressive performance of his career – catching fish with Mark Zona in...

Ott on the board quickly

Ott DeFoe has motored into the back of Possum Creek, where he started yesterday, and got on the scoreboard a lot quicker than he did on Day One.